Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Spring Dinner for a Bitch on a Budget

Sometimes,
a girl just wishes she could afford some ramps. Some fresh summer onions. A
cardboard crate of strawberries from the Farmer’s Market, even. Heck, if it’s
in season and it’s spring… I’m craving it. Which makes going home to a kitchen
fully stocked with a half-gallon of oatmeal and a couple of eggs (plus plenty
of coffee and spicy mustard, as expected) all the more depressing.

A recent
bout of seriously jonesing for a meal that didn’t come out of a cereal box or a
dented can led me marching to the supermarket, on the hunt for a dinner I could
make under $7.50 for myself and the boy.

Inspired
by a recent brunch dish and even more exhilarated by the mega sale happening at
the Key Foods on Grand St and Lorimer, I present a dinner for you, prepared by
one broke Brooklyn Bitch on a budget (for two!):

All you
need:

2 tbs
olive oil

2 large
leeks

4 c
fingerling potatoes, cut in half lengthwise

2 minced
garlic cloves

1 ¼ tsp
paprika (this recipe calls for Spanish smoked paprika. Now, I have no idea what
that is… but it sounds expensive. No thank you)

Salt and
pepper

1 bunch of
Swiss chard, thinly sliced

4 eggs

¼ c
shredded Gruyere (I’m not gonna lie… if this cheese hadn’t been on mega-sale
then I would have done without, but boy am I glad I got to splurge on this one)

6.Use a spoon to carve out four egg0sized holes.
Crack egg into hold and sprinkle with salt, paper, and paprika.

7.Cover. Cook for 3 min.

8.Uncover and sprinkle with cheese.

9.Put lid back on and cook 2 minutes until egg yolks
are lightly set.

Enjoy
with some Andre and some orange juice. It’s breakfast for dinner, which pretty
much always means mimosas.

What’s
your favorite breakfast for dinner? I know for a fact my baby sis would eat
pancakes for three meals a day if Mama Bitch permitted it. Drop me a comment
below, send me an email to bbonabudget(at)gmail(dot) com, or Tweet me
@bbonabudget so I can indulge in all of your favorites!

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